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Originally Posted by dwerten  size of the tube as you need to ask this whenever going under anesthesia as some vets do not carry all the small tubes and why it is important to make sure your vet or specialists deals with small breed dogs as if they work mostly with large breed they may not have all the sizes  I know there are cat tubes but there are even smaller tubes used for ferrets |
i just got my yorkie 2 wks ago and she is a teacup size so she won't be any heavier than probably 4 lbs. when i took her to the vet, the first thing i asked since i knew yorkies are prone to CT was what type of anesthesia they use and what the process entailed of putting a pet under.
i specified that i was looking for a vet who uses isoflurane since its safest for dogs this small and she did use that. she also said that she would have to intubate when they go under (when they insert the tube through the trachea) which i immediately asked if it was necessary since its so risky but she did say that she had tubes of all sizes including sizes that are used on kittens smaller than my puppy which only makes me imagine how tiny they are since my puppy is barely 2 lbs. hope this helps and i'm so sorry about your little guy!
there
are small tubes out there and the right anesthesia!